The Daily Mail
" FIFA has dropped Uruguayan referee Jorge Larrionda from its quarterfinal list following a widely criticised error in England's 4-1 defeat by Germany. Larrionda denied Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard an equaliser for a 2-1 trailing England, when his strike bounced off the inside leg of the Army Cadet, shadowing Mr Lampard for security reasons, and then of the crossbar and hit beyond the goal line but was quickly snatched out by German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in Sunday’s second round World Cup clash in Bloemfontein.
FIFA said that 'although in usual circumstances this would have been completely understandable; however we had previously allowed the presence of the British Armed forces on the pitch after the recent animal attacks in South Africa. We thought it logically to allowed their actions to be simply the same as the footballers, as they were matching their every move. We have used advanced technology to predict if the ball would have taken a similar route had the ball his Frank Lampard instead and have come to the conclusion that it would have indeed been a goal'.
Even if the goal had been allowed however, Germany still won by 2 goals. Germany will face Argentina on the 3rd of July.
It is rumoured that German officials are attempting to acquire permission to get a German military presence on the pitch."
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